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Re: Which switches are recommneded
From: "Albert E. Whale" <aewhale () ABS-CompTech com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:45:05 -0500
OK, Thank you very much.We have quite a collective response here, any chance we can update the Web site to reflect the information??
Eric Hines wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Albert, Why against the use of an external device, a la network taps? (www.netoptics.com). Place a Port Aggregator in front of your switch and and you grab all traffic that will ingress and egress the network. Best Regards, Eric Hines, GCIA, CISSP CEO, President Applied Watch Technologies, LLC 1095 Pingree Road Suite 221 Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Toll Free: (877) 262-7593 Fax: (847) 854-5106 Cell: (847) 456-6785 Web: www.appliedwatch.com Albert E. Whale wrote:I have an opportunity to implement a Corporate backbone with the right tools.I originally was reviewing the Linksys Managed Switches, until I discovered that these devices do not support SPAN (Switch Port ANalyzer), which permits traffic to be monitored by another port (did I need to say this in this group, probably not!).Anyway, are there any other switches being used that permit the Snort IDS to monitor traffic in the switch (without using an external device?).TIA-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFhgdT1va6QYTV0EMRAvNcAJ9gb1wZwQcdCpDBrU3XGJPQ8GZJKACgppFr WgLKX4Ll43tzWDaYv/520dA= =Zhf9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Snort-users mailing list Snort-users () lists sourceforge net Go to this URL to change user options or unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/snort-users Snort-users list archive: http://www.geocrawler.com/redir-sf.php3?list=snort-users
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- Which switches are recommneded Albert E. Whale (Dec 17)
- Re: Which switches are recommneded CS Lee (Dec 17)
- Re: Which switches are recommneded Patrick S. Harper (Dec 17)
- Re: Which switches are recommneded Eric Hines (Dec 17)
- Re: Which switches are recommneded Albert E. Whale (Dec 18)
- Re: Which switches are recommneded Jeff Coppock (Dec 17)
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